COVID-19 UPDATE Marni Kuyl, RN, MS Director of Health and Human Services August 18, 2020
Oregon Numbers as of 8/17/2020 • 192 new confirmed and presumptive cases reported, for a cumulative total of 22,234 • Cumulative deaths: 388 • Statewide 7-day average for new hospitalizations 19 (downward trend) 2
1% of Oregonians Show Evidence of Covid-19 Exposure Rate 10 times higher than conventional testing shows • (antibody testing) • Most people still susceptible- need to continue precautions • Antibody testing not good test to determine if you have COVID-19 Unclear how protected individuals are with antibodies • 3
Category 8/10/2020 8/17/2020 Total confirmed cases 3,044 3,266 Total presumptive 94 106 cases Total hospitalizations 243 260 Total deaths 25 28 Long-term care 20 17 Washington facilities Congregate settings County Data 2 2 Workplace settings 25 19 Schools/day care/ 10 8 camps 4
Case Investigation Compliance
OHA Phase 2 Readiness Indicators Weekly OHA Indicators August 17, 2020 Percent of tests reported positive 5.4% Uptrend (should be going down) Percent change in cases (should be - 20% less than 5%) Percent of cases not linked to an 36% existing case (should be 30% or less) Average hospitalizations per day Uptrend (should be going down) 24-hour contact tracing (should be 97% 95% or higher) 6
School Metrics Test Positivity Week State Washington Starting Positivity County Rate Positivity Rate 7/26/2020 6.3% 5.9% 8/2/2020 5.4% 5.6% 8/9/2020 5.4% 5.4% 7
School Metrics Washington County Case Rates Week Starting Cases / 100,000 7/26/2020 54 8/2/2020 43 8/9/2020 43 8
New School Guidance Exceptions Statewide: Provide In-Person Education for Kindergarten through 3 rd Grade • • Limited In-Person Instruction for Specific Groups of Students • School-wide in small districts (enrollment of less than or equal to 75 students) County Specific (Washington County Eligible): School-wide remote or rural schools in larger population counties with a • population of less than 30,000 and population density of less than 6 people per square mile 9
Exception: K-Grade 3 In-Person Eligibility • No confirmed cases of COVID among school staff/students in the past 14 days. • The case rate of the county is less than or equal to 30 cases per 100,000 in the preceding 7 days for the past three weeks. • The test positivity in the county is less than or equal to 5% in the preceding 7 days for the past three weeks. 10
Exception: Limited In-Person Instruction Eligibility • There have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among school staff or students in the past 14 days. • School fully comply with sections 1-3 of the Ready School, Safe Learners guidance. • Schools fully comply with Comprehensive Distance Learning Guidance for Limited In Person Instruction, which includes further limitation on cohort size, time, and more. No more than 10 students in a cohort o No more than two consecutive hours can be spent in a school building by o individual students and/or student cohorts Students can be part of no more than two cohorts o No more than 250 students can enter campus in any given week o 15
Child Care Issues • School districts working to get enough slots for teachers/staff to free up options in the community for parents • Child care slots about 70-80% pre-COVID. • Currently only 700 slots in Washington County for school aged care • Parents don’t normally pay for care when children in school • DHS Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) program could help with equity issues 12
Governor’s Watch list criteria To be on the “Watch List” counties must: • Have a sporadic case rate of ≥50 per 100,000 in the past two weeks – For the time period of 7/26-8/8 Washington County’s sporadic case rate is: 30.6 per 100,000 • Have >5 sporadic cases in the past two weeks – Washington County has had <5 sporadic cases for months 13
Protect your family, friends and coworkers! 14
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